{"id":1406,"date":"2008-09-20T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2009-04-27T22:47:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T14:47:24","slug":"hanyu-pinyin-and-proper-nouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2008\/hanyu-pinyin-and-proper-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanyu Pinyin and proper nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"coverThe first large section from Chinese Romanization: Pronunciation and Orthography<\/em> to go online is the one on proper nouns<\/a> (2 MB PDF). <\/p>\n

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  1. Introduction<\/li>\n
  2. Place Names<\/li>\n
  3. Personal Names\n
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    1. formal names<\/li>\n
    2. non-formal names<\/li>\n
    3. forms of address<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Transliteration of Foreign Place Names and Personal Names<\/li>\n
    5. Other Proper Nouns\n
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      1. names of nationalities<\/li>\n
      2. names of religions and deities<\/li>\n
      3. names of dynasties<\/li>\n
      4. names of festivals and holidays<\/li>\n
      5. names of celestial bodies<\/li>\n
      6. names of languages<\/li>\n
      7. titles of literary and artistic works<\/li>\n
      8. titles of newspapers and magazines<\/li>\n
      9. names of social units<\/li>\n
      10. trademarks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      11. Proper Nouns in Combination with Common Nouns<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        Thus, these rules cover many of the applications of Pinyin that appear on signage.<\/p>\n

        I’ll post a version with OCR later (probably weeks or months rather than days). In the meanwhile, you can use the bookmarks within the PDF file to navigate the document. <\/p>\n

        further reading: <\/p>\n